Miss World 1961

Miss World 1961 was the 11th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 9 November 1961 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. She was crowned by Bob Hope. Frankland also was a first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961, representing Wales.

Miss World 1961
Date	9 November 1961
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	37
Placements	15
Debuts	China Suriname
Withdrawals	Australia Burma Canada Jordan Kenya Norway Tahiti Tanganyika
Returns	Austria, Ceylon New Zealand Venezuela
Winner	Rosemarie Frankland † United Kingdom

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1961	United Kingdom – Rosemarie Frankland
1st runner-up	Republic of China – Grace Li Shiu-ying
2nd runner-up	Spain – Carmen Cervera
3rd runner-up	France – Michèle Wargnier
4th runner-up	Denmark – Inge Jörgensen
Top 7	New Zealand – Leone Mary Main United States – Jo Ann Odum
Top 15	Argentina – Susana Julia Pardal Austria – Hella Wolfsgrubej Finland – Ritva Tuulikki Wächter Germany – Romy März Ireland – Olive Ursula White Japan – Chie Murakami South Africa – Yvonne Brenda Hulley Turkey – Güler Samuray

Contestants

• Argentina – Susana Julia Pardal
• Austria – Hella Wolfsgrubej
• Belgium – Jacqueline Oroi
• Bolivia – Nancy Cortez Justiniano
• Brazil – Alda Maria Coutinho de Moraes
• Ceylon – Sushila Perera
• Cyprus – Andreava Polydorou
• Denmark – Inge Jörgensen
• Ecuador – Magdalena Dávila Varela
• Finland – Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
• France – Michèle Wargnier
• Germany – Romy März
• Greece – Efstathia Karaiskaki
• Holland – Rita van Zuiden
• Iceland – Jóhanna Kolbrún Kristjánsdóttir
• India – Veronica Leonora Torcato
• Ireland – Olive Ursula White
• Israel – Er'ela Hod
• Italy – Franca Cattaneo [1]
• Japan – Chie Murakami
• Korea – Hyun Chang-ae
• Lebanon – Leila Antaki
• Luxembourg – Vicky Schoos
• Madagascar – Jeanne Rakatomahanina
• New Zealand – Leone Mary Main
• Nicaragua – Thelma Arana
• Rhodesia – Angela Joyce Moorcroft
• South Africa – Yvonne Brenda Hulley
• Spain – María del Carmen Cervera Fernández
• Suriname – Kitty Essed
• Sweden – Ingrid Margareta Lundquist
• China – Grace Li Shiu-Ying
• Turkey – Güler Samuray
• United Kingdom – Rosemarie Frankland †
• Uruguay – Roma Spadachinni Aguerre
• United States – Jo Ann Odum
• Venezuela – Bexy Romero Tosta

Notes

Debuts

• China and Suriname competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Ceylon last competed in 1955.
• New Zealand last competed in 1956.
• Venezuela last competed in 1958.
• Austria last competed in 1959.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1961